The Liquor License Hostage
The Liquor License Hostage By Andreas Koutsoudakis, Partner | Hospitality and Restaurant Law When Your Partner Holds the One Asset You Can’t Replace Liquor License Leverage — Regulatory Asset as Squeeze Tool This white paper is based on a composite of real cases handled by the DHC Hospitality & Restaurant Law Group. Names, locations, cuisines, […]
The Franchise That Wasn’t
The Franchise That Wasn’t By Andreas Koutsoudakis, Partner | Hospitality and Restaurant Law When Your Partner Replicates Your Concept Without Calling It a Franchise Concept Replication — Intellectual Property & Brand Diversion This white paper is based on a composite of real cases handled by the DHC Hospitality & Restaurant Law Group. Names, locations, cuisines, […]
Three Partners, Two Sides, One Restaurant
Three Partners, Two Sides, One Restaurant By Andreas Koutsoudakis, Partner | Hospitality and Restaurant Law When the Third Partner Becomes the Swing Vote in Someone Else’s War Three-Way Dispute — Coalition Dynamics This white paper is based on a composite of real cases handled by the DHC Hospitality & Restaurant Law Group. Names, locations, cuisines, […]
The Partner Who Stopped Showing Up
The Partner Who Stopped Showing Up By Andreas Koutsoudakis, Partner | Hospitality and Restaurant Law When One Working Partner Carries the Weight and the Other Cashes the Checks Two Working Partners — Asymmetric Effort This white paper is based on a composite of real cases handled by the DHC Hospitality & Restaurant Law Group. Names, […]
The Management Company That Ate the Restaurant
The Management Company That Ate the Restaurant By Andreas Koutsoudakis, Partner | Hospitality and Restaurant Law When Your Partner’s Side Business Becomes Your Restaurant’s Biggest Expense Management Company Conflict — Affiliated-Entity Self-Dealing This white paper is based on a composite of real cases handled by the DHC Hospitality & Restaurant Law Group. Names, locations, cuisines, […]
The Books Don’t Lie — But They Can Be Hidden
The Books Don’t Lie — But They Can Be Hidden By Andreas Koutsoudakis, Partner | Hospitality and Restaurant Law How Forensic Discovery Broke Through One Partner’s Financial Fortress The Gatekeeper — Information Withholding & Forensic Discovery This white paper is based on a composite of real cases handled by the DHC Hospitality & Restaurant Law […]
The 50/50 Trap
The 50/50 Trap By Andreas Koutsoudakis, Partner | Hospitality and Restaurant Law Two Equal Partners, One Expiring Lease, and No Way to Decide The 50/50 Deadlock This white paper is based on a composite of real cases handled by the DHC Hospitality & Restaurant Law Group. Names, locations, cuisines, and identifying details have been changed […]
The Partner She Never Chose
The Partner She Never Chose By Andreas Koutsoudakis, Partner | Hospitality and Restaurant Law When a Surviving Spouse Inherits a Partnership Interest They Never Asked For The Silent Spouse — Inherited Interest This white paper is based on a composite of real cases handled by the DHC Hospitality & Restaurant Law Group. Names, locations, cuisines, […]
When the Handshake Breaks
White Paper Series: When the Handshake Breaks By Andreas Koutsoudakis, Partner | Hospitality and Restaurant Law No Operating Agreement, No Written Terms — Just Two Guys and a Restaurant The Late-Night Deal-Maker — Informal Partnership This white paper is based on a composite of real cases handled by the DHC Hospitality & Restaurant Law Group. […]
The $800K Question
White Paper Series: The $800K Question By Andreas Koutsoudakis, Partner | Hospitality and Restaurant Law When Your Investment Disappears Into Someone Else’s Management Fee Money Partner vs. Founding Chef — The Investor’s Perspective This white paper is based on a composite of real cases handled by the DHC Hospitality & Restaurant Law Group. Names, locations, […]